The Montgomery County Committee for Fair Representation was founded in 1960 as a local arm of the State Committee for Fair Representation. Its purpose was to bring about a change in the system of apportionment in the Maryland General Assembly. The Committee disbanded in 1968. Its records relate to reapportionment in Maryland, the 1962 Court of Appeals decision on reapportionment, and the 1964 U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding reapportionment.

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This collection is open for research.

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Montgomery County Committee for Fair Representation archives, Special Collections, University of Maryland Libraries.

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This collection is PROCESSED. The finding aid is currently unavailable
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